After Ian Fleming‘s death in 1964, Glidrose decided to continue the Bond franchise with a series of well-known authors each writing a book under the pen-name Robert Markham. However, only Kingsley Amis took up the offer, and in 1968 his 007 novel, ‘Colonel Sun’ was published. Bond fans now consider it a classic, although sales proved disappointing. Amis had previously written a critical work on Bond, entitled ‘The James Bond Dossier’. There is also a suggestion that Amis finished ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’ after Fleming’s death, and that Colonel Sun was his incentive from Glidrose.

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